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From the Vault: Thirst, Part 1

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How to Get Rid of Diarrhoea

You've got directly through drinking and eating and then secondarily through metabolism. So you've got urination, of course, and then you've got loss through defecation. You've got evaporation through the lungs and people sometimes don't think about this, but you lose water when you exhale. And then there is also evaporative loss of water through the skins, such as through sweating. Also, just a reminder, a well fitted and well manufactured stillsuit will collect all of this as it leaves your body. All the routes out will be covered and you'll lose no more than a thimble's worth of water per day.

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